Presto
Issue: 1920 1753 - Page 9
February 26. 1920.
RE9TO
Chute & Butler Co. POLK'S SCHOOL OF TUNING WINTER TERM
Peru, Ind.
Thanks its customers
and the trade generally
for the many words of
sympathy in the disas-
trous fire which recently
destroyed its factory.
Chute & Butler
Pianos will again be
forthcoming as soon
as the new factory can
be completed, and they
will be as good as ever.
We are glad to say that
p a t t e r n s and designs
were saved.
Chute & Butler
Player Pianos will be
just as before—the best
possible by the applica-
tion of skill and ex-
perience. Dealers who
have any
Chute & Butler
Pianos or Players
in stock are advised to
make them go as far as
possible, so that a rep-
resentation may be in-
sured until more can be
had.
Thanks again! And a
little patience will also
help.
Chute & Butler Co.
Peru, Ind.
Here is a group of
winter term graduates
of Folk's School of Pi-
ano Tuning at Valpa-
raiso, Ind. The class
was a large one and the
gentlemen whose por-
traits appear are the for-
tunate ones who are
ready to go forth to still
further add to the har-
monies of this mun-
dane sphere. They are
all experts in the vari-
ous departments of the
profession, and they pos-
sess the certificate of
proficiency which is now
the armor and assurance
of hundreds of pupils of
Mr. Polk's admirable
and thoroughly equipped
institution. This paper
has before referred to C.
C. Polk's efforts in be-
half of the piano, in the
conduct of his School of
Tuning. He is the pio-
neer in his special field and, while he has had many
imitators, none has been nearly as successful in
sending forth bright and competent practical tuners
and repairers as have gone from Valparaiso.
In the picture, Mr. Polk himself stands third in
the group, counting from the left. All of the others
MELVILLE CLARK RE=ELECTED
HEAD OF CLARK MUSIC CO.
Other Officers Also Chosen at Annual Meeting of
Stockholders in Syracuse.
The annual meetings of the stockholders and di-
rectors of the Clark Music Co., Syracuse, N. Y.,
were held Friday at the offices of the corporation.
The stockholders elected the following directors:
Melville Clark, S. H. Morecroft, G. L. Chesbro, V.
R. Clymer and C. A. Dickerson. The directors
elected the following officers: Melville Clark, presi-
dent; S. H. Morecroft, vice-president and treasurer,
and G. L. Chesbro, secretary and assistant treas-
urer.
The reports submitted to the stockholders indi-
cated that the company had experienced the largest
business in its history, the volume being 33 per cent
ahead of the previous year. A cash dividend of 7
per cent was declared on all outstanding preferred
stock. The stockholders were well pleased with
the year's showing.
CHICAGO'S COOPERATIVE
STORE OPENS MARCH I
Music Goods Will Have Place in the Activities of
the Old Siegel-Cooper Building.
On March 1 the Leiter Store, Chicago, will be
opened with eighty-seven different departments in-
cluding pianos, phonographs, small music goods
and sheet music.
Since May 1, 1917, when Siegel-Cooper & Co.
closed their doors, the building at the southeast
corner of State and Van Buren streets, has been
little used except for a period of thirty-nine days
during which the government sold over $1,000,000
worth of food supplies on the cash and carry plan.
The present plan to operate the store with a large
number of departments, each run by a separate con-
cern, is probably to some extent an outgrowth of
the government's success in disposing of surplus
food supplies.
Each concern occupying space in the building, will
in lieu of rental pay a certain percentage of the
gross profits to the Leiter estate, w T hich will furnish
heat, light, janitor service and other indicentals.
Each company occupying space will be assigned a
certain part of the window space for display pur-
poses. Advertising will be done through a joint
fund to which each tenant will subscribe. It is
claimed that the advertising fund will be the largest
on State street. Customers insisting upon delivery
service may have it, but will pay therefor a direct
charge, and all deliveries will be performed by a
motor service company which has been given the
are winter term graduates. Mr. Polk has a well
balanced faculty, and his school is famed through-
out the country. Many of the foremost piano in-
dustries and piano dealers send men to Valparaiso
for the instruction which tits them for the work in
tine tuning and regulating rooms or stores.
concession for this purpose. It is figured, however,
that seventy-five per cent of the store's customers
will elect to carry their own merchandise in view of
the substantial reduction this method of purchase
offers.
SCHLEMMER ORDERS PLENTIFUL.
Joseph A. Vogt and F. R. Michaels, the two
travelers in western territory for Hammacher,
Schlemmer & Co., of New York, who make their
headquarters in the Chicago offices of the com-
pany, ninth floor of the McCIurg building, 218
South Wabash avenue, were both in when a Presto
representative called there Saturday morning. Mr.
Michaels' includes Indiana, Rockford, Milwaukee
and Chicago, while Mr. Vogt has Michigan, Ohio,
Minnesota, Illinois and other western territory.
In their line—hardware, felts, cloth and small sup-
plies for pianos—these two enterprising young men
are finding it very easy to get orders. The death
of Joel Miller, their predecessor in the work, had
left the field untraveled for a few weeks, so orders
piled up. "The chief difficulty is to get the sup-
plies," said Mr. Michaels. "But business is very
good."
DEALER FILES PETITION.
Edward J. McKecver, a piano dealer of Bridge-
port, Conn., has filed a petition in bankruptcy in
the United States Court. His liabilities are be-
tween $10,000 and $11,000, of which $3,327.57 are
unsecured. His assets on paper are stock in trade,
$1,097, and open accounts $1,000. The Bankers
Commercial Security Co., of New York, holds se-
cured claims for $7,084. The principal unsecured
creditors are the Starr Piano Co., for $1,261; De-
Rivas & Harris Mfg. Co., Inc., for $721; Bridge-
port Life for $330; Orient Music Roll Co., for
$250, and the Great Eastern Manufacturing Co.,
$220.50.
PLANNING PACKARD ADVERTISING.
Earl Achenbach, advertising manager of the
Packard Piano Company, Fort Wayne, Ind., was ia
Chicago Saturday of last week consulting with
Ed. N. Paulding, Chicago Packard manager, and
planning nation-wide methods of advertising for
the coming year. A meeting of Packard enthu-
siasts is to be held soon in Fort Wayne, Ind., at
the Packard offices, when the great advertising
campaign will be explained and its machinery set
in motion.
MILWAUKEE STORE ENLARGED.
The piano and talking machine departments of
the Boston Store, Milwaukee, are to be enlarged
according to the plans of the owners, the Herzfeld-
Philipson Co. An eight-story building will be
erected. Three stories will also be added to the
present building.
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RE9TO
Chute & Butler Co. POLK'S SCHOOL OF TUNING WINTER TERM
Peru, Ind.
Thanks its customers
and the trade generally
for the many words of
sympathy in the disas-
trous fire which recently
destroyed its factory.
Chute & Butler
Pianos will again be
forthcoming as soon
as the new factory can
be completed, and they
will be as good as ever.
We are glad to say that
p a t t e r n s and designs
were saved.
Chute & Butler
Player Pianos will be
just as before—the best
possible by the applica-
tion of skill and ex-
perience. Dealers who
have any
Chute & Butler
Pianos or Players
in stock are advised to
make them go as far as
possible, so that a rep-
resentation may be in-
sured until more can be
had.
Thanks again! And a
little patience will also
help.
Chute & Butler Co.
Peru, Ind.
Here is a group of
winter term graduates
of Folk's School of Pi-
ano Tuning at Valpa-
raiso, Ind. The class
was a large one and the
gentlemen whose por-
traits appear are the for-
tunate ones who are
ready to go forth to still
further add to the har-
monies of this mun-
dane sphere. They are
all experts in the vari-
ous departments of the
profession, and they pos-
sess the certificate of
proficiency which is now
the armor and assurance
of hundreds of pupils of
Mr. Polk's admirable
and thoroughly equipped
institution. This paper
has before referred to C.
C. Polk's efforts in be-
half of the piano, in the
conduct of his School of
Tuning. He is the pio-
neer in his special field and, while he has had many
imitators, none has been nearly as successful in
sending forth bright and competent practical tuners
and repairers as have gone from Valparaiso.
In the picture, Mr. Polk himself stands third in
the group, counting from the left. All of the others
MELVILLE CLARK RE=ELECTED
HEAD OF CLARK MUSIC CO.
Other Officers Also Chosen at Annual Meeting of
Stockholders in Syracuse.
The annual meetings of the stockholders and di-
rectors of the Clark Music Co., Syracuse, N. Y.,
were held Friday at the offices of the corporation.
The stockholders elected the following directors:
Melville Clark, S. H. Morecroft, G. L. Chesbro, V.
R. Clymer and C. A. Dickerson. The directors
elected the following officers: Melville Clark, presi-
dent; S. H. Morecroft, vice-president and treasurer,
and G. L. Chesbro, secretary and assistant treas-
urer.
The reports submitted to the stockholders indi-
cated that the company had experienced the largest
business in its history, the volume being 33 per cent
ahead of the previous year. A cash dividend of 7
per cent was declared on all outstanding preferred
stock. The stockholders were well pleased with
the year's showing.
CHICAGO'S COOPERATIVE
STORE OPENS MARCH I
Music Goods Will Have Place in the Activities of
the Old Siegel-Cooper Building.
On March 1 the Leiter Store, Chicago, will be
opened with eighty-seven different departments in-
cluding pianos, phonographs, small music goods
and sheet music.
Since May 1, 1917, when Siegel-Cooper & Co.
closed their doors, the building at the southeast
corner of State and Van Buren streets, has been
little used except for a period of thirty-nine days
during which the government sold over $1,000,000
worth of food supplies on the cash and carry plan.
The present plan to operate the store with a large
number of departments, each run by a separate con-
cern, is probably to some extent an outgrowth of
the government's success in disposing of surplus
food supplies.
Each concern occupying space in the building, will
in lieu of rental pay a certain percentage of the
gross profits to the Leiter estate, w T hich will furnish
heat, light, janitor service and other indicentals.
Each company occupying space will be assigned a
certain part of the window space for display pur-
poses. Advertising will be done through a joint
fund to which each tenant will subscribe. It is
claimed that the advertising fund will be the largest
on State street. Customers insisting upon delivery
service may have it, but will pay therefor a direct
charge, and all deliveries will be performed by a
motor service company which has been given the
are winter term graduates. Mr. Polk has a well
balanced faculty, and his school is famed through-
out the country. Many of the foremost piano in-
dustries and piano dealers send men to Valparaiso
for the instruction which tits them for the work in
tine tuning and regulating rooms or stores.
concession for this purpose. It is figured, however,
that seventy-five per cent of the store's customers
will elect to carry their own merchandise in view of
the substantial reduction this method of purchase
offers.
SCHLEMMER ORDERS PLENTIFUL.
Joseph A. Vogt and F. R. Michaels, the two
travelers in western territory for Hammacher,
Schlemmer & Co., of New York, who make their
headquarters in the Chicago offices of the com-
pany, ninth floor of the McCIurg building, 218
South Wabash avenue, were both in when a Presto
representative called there Saturday morning. Mr.
Michaels' includes Indiana, Rockford, Milwaukee
and Chicago, while Mr. Vogt has Michigan, Ohio,
Minnesota, Illinois and other western territory.
In their line—hardware, felts, cloth and small sup-
plies for pianos—these two enterprising young men
are finding it very easy to get orders. The death
of Joel Miller, their predecessor in the work, had
left the field untraveled for a few weeks, so orders
piled up. "The chief difficulty is to get the sup-
plies," said Mr. Michaels. "But business is very
good."
DEALER FILES PETITION.
Edward J. McKecver, a piano dealer of Bridge-
port, Conn., has filed a petition in bankruptcy in
the United States Court. His liabilities are be-
tween $10,000 and $11,000, of which $3,327.57 are
unsecured. His assets on paper are stock in trade,
$1,097, and open accounts $1,000. The Bankers
Commercial Security Co., of New York, holds se-
cured claims for $7,084. The principal unsecured
creditors are the Starr Piano Co., for $1,261; De-
Rivas & Harris Mfg. Co., Inc., for $721; Bridge-
port Life for $330; Orient Music Roll Co., for
$250, and the Great Eastern Manufacturing Co.,
$220.50.
PLANNING PACKARD ADVERTISING.
Earl Achenbach, advertising manager of the
Packard Piano Company, Fort Wayne, Ind., was ia
Chicago Saturday of last week consulting with
Ed. N. Paulding, Chicago Packard manager, and
planning nation-wide methods of advertising for
the coming year. A meeting of Packard enthu-
siasts is to be held soon in Fort Wayne, Ind., at
the Packard offices, when the great advertising
campaign will be explained and its machinery set
in motion.
MILWAUKEE STORE ENLARGED.
The piano and talking machine departments of
the Boston Store, Milwaukee, are to be enlarged
according to the plans of the owners, the Herzfeld-
Philipson Co. An eight-story building will be
erected. Three stories will also be added to the
present building.
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All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).